It turned out that Amazon acquired the patent as "inventing" the photography method


ByLenny Garza

Basically, the only thing you need to take a picture with the camera is to "just press the shutter with the camera" and adjust the layout and lighting of the subject when taking a little sticky picture, Amazon Is an affiliate ofAmazon Technologies, Inc.Filed a patent in 2011 as "invented" such photography technology, and it turned out that he acquired a patent right in March 2014.

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Image diagram of Amazon's "patented invention" technology patent is here. Photographs were taken with a subject (104) placed on a table (101) placed in front of a white backdrop (background: 102) placed in the studio equipment (100). The table is located 9 feet (2.74 meters) from the backdrop and the height from the floor to the table top is 21 inches (about 53 cm). By shooting with a transparent material such as plastic or acrylic as the material of the table on which the subject is placed it is possible to take pictures of products or models emerging in a white background. I will. (The procedure is abstract)


A view of the studio viewed from above is here. In the case of photographing, it is supposed to combine the main strobe (107), the rear lighting (115/117/119/121), the light shielding plate (131/133), the light shielding curtain (108) and the like.


The purpose of using this patented technology is to "realize a sufficiently seamless background" when photographing a product photograph, and aimed at the effect that the appearance of the product or model as a subject emerges in the background It is considered to be.

However, since this method itself is widely used before, it is considered difficult to identify that another person infringes a patent even if photography is actually performed using this technique. Therefore, the aim of Amazon getting a patent is a mystery, and from people involved in camera shooting abroad, voices of confusion and anger are beginning to appear at the level of using F word as follows.

As one of the possible aims, there is something that only pushes down others that have not acquired a patent with existing technology, but the truth is unknown. I try to gain a lot of money by exercising the acquired patent rightPatent · TrollIt seems that it does not lead to, but in the past Amazon has made it possible to do online shopping & settlement with just one click "One click patentIn fact, Apple got the right to use the patents from Amazon in order to realize shopping with one click at the online store (Apple, licensing 1-Click patents and trademarks on Amazon.com),In Japan, a 1-click patent was established over 14 years from applicationIt is possible to think that this photo shooting also bothersome patent application, it is possible to come to dash the online shopping site which is not a joke but a certain meaning "seriously" and posts similar photos.

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